Extremes of body mass index do not impact mid-term survival after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Brewer, Robert J ^a   Lanfear, David E ^a   Sai Sudhakar, Chittoor B ^b   Sundareswaran, Kartik S ^c   Ravi, Yazhini ^b   Farrar, David J ^c   Slaughter, Mark S ^d  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; cachexia; left ventricular assist device; obesity; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THINNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856505933     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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